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Definition of Glairing
1. glaire [v] - See also: glaire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glairing
Literary usage of Glairing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliopegia: Or, The Art of Bookbinding in All Its Branches; Illustrated by John Hannett (1848)
"... upon the volume before glairing, and then apply the gold. If one side is done
at a time, the book is taken by the leaves with the left hand, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Second, the period of secretion of mucus, or "glairing" as we may call it, to be
described below. Third, the period of actual extrusion of eggs, ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. glairing, coating with glair. glaire, /. glair (white of egg or any similar
viscous substance). ..."
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